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Eric Clapton: August

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On November 24, 1986, “Duck / Warner Bros” labels released “August”, the tenth Eric Clapton studio album. It was recorded April – May 1986, and was produced by Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and Tom Dowd. The album was certified Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Eric Clapton– vocals, guitar
  • Tina Turner– lead and backing vocals
  • Richard Feldman – keyboards
  • Greg Phillinganes– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Gary Brooker– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Richard Cottle – synthesizer
  • Laurence Cottle– bass guitar
  • Nathan East– bass guitar
  • Phil Collins– drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Henry Spinetti– drums
  • Michael Brecker– saxophone
  • Jon Faddis– trumpet
  • Dave Bargeron– trombone
  • Randy Brecker– trumpet
  • Katie Kissoon– backing vocals
  • Magic Moreno – backing vocals, engineer
  • Tessa Niles– backing vocals
  • Larry Williams– synthesizer programming
  • Leon Pendarvis – horn arrangements
  • Steve Chase, John Jacobs, Paul Gommersall, Peter Hefter – engineer
  • Terry O’Neill– photography

Track listing:

  1. It’s in the Way That You Use It – Eric Clapton, Robbie Robertson
  2. Run – Lamont Dozier
  3. Tearing Us Apart – Eric Clapton, Greg Phillinganes
  4. Bad Influence – Robert Cray, Michael Vannice
  5. Walk Away – Richard Feldman, Marcella Detroit
  6. Hung Up on Your Love – Lamont Dozier
  7. Take a Chance – Eric Clapton, Nathan East, Greg Phillinganes
  8. Hold On – Eric Clapton, Phil Collins
  9. Miss You – Eric Clapton, Bobby Columby, Greg Phillinganes
  10. Holy Mother – Stephen Bishop, Eric Clapton
  11. Behind the Mask – Chris Mosdell, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Michael Jackson
  12. Grand Illusion – Bob Farrell, Dave Robbins, Wesly Stephenson

The Kinks: Muswell Hillbillies

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On November 24, 1971, “RCA” label released “Muswell Hillbillies”, the tenth Kinks (The) album. It was recorded August – October 1971, at “Morgan Studios” in London, and was produced by Ray Davies.

Personnel:

  • Ray Davies- lead vocals, acoustic and resonator guitar
  • Dave Davies- lead and slide guitar, banjo, backing vocals
  • John Gosling – piano, Hammond organ, accordion
  • John Dalton- bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mick Avory- drums, percussion
  • Ken Jones – harmonica
  • Mike Cotton- trumpet
  • John Beecham – trombone, tuba
  • Alan Holmes – saxophone, clarinet
  • Vicki Brown- backing vocals
  • Mike Bobak, Richard Edwards – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ray Davies.

  1. 20th Century Man
  2. Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues
  3. Holiday
  4. Skin and Bone
  5. Alcohol
  6. Complicated Life
  7. Here Come the People in Grey
  8. Have a Cuppa Tea
  9. Holloway Jail
  10. Oklahoma U.S.A.
  11. Uncle Son
  12. Muswell Hillbilly

Kate Bush: 50 Words For Snow

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On November 21, 2011, “Fish People” label released “50 Words for Snow”, the tenth studio Kate Bush album. It was recorded 2010 – 2011, and was produced by Kate Bush.

Personnel:

  • Kate Bush– lead, backing and chorus vocals, bass, piano,  keyboards
  • Dan McIntosh – guitar
  • Danny Thompson– bass
  • Del Palmer– bass, bells
  • John Giblin– bass
  • Steve Gadd– drums
  • Albert McIntosh – lead vocals
  • Michael Wood – featured vocals
  • Stefan Roberts – featured vocals
  • Andy Fairweather Low– featured vocals
  • Elton John– featured vocal
  • Stephen Fry (as Prof. Joseph Yupik) – featured vocals
  • Jonathan Tunick – orchestral arrangements, conductor
  • Del Palmer – recording
  • Simon Rhodes – recording
  • Chris Bolster, John Barrett – assistant
  • Stephen W. Tayler – additional engineering
  • Stephen W. Tayler – mixing
  • Stanley Gabriel – assistant
  • Jim Jones, Robert Houston, Patrick Phillips, Kris Burton – assistant
  • Eric Boulanger – assistant
  • Doug Sax , James Guthrie – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Kate Bush.

  1. Snowflake
  2. Lake Tahoe
  3. Misty
  4. Wild Man
  5. Snowed in at Wheeler Street
  6. 50 Words for Snow
  7. Among Angels

Stereolab: Not Music

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On November 16, 2010, “Duophonic / Drag City” label released “Not Music”, the tenth Stereolab studio album. The album is a collection of unreleased materials which were recorded at the same time as the band’s previous album “Chemical Chords”.

Personnel:

  • Lætitia Sadier– vocals
  • Tim Gane– guitar
  • Joe Watson – synthesizer, organ, engineer, mixing
  • Simon Johns– bass
  • Andy Ramsay– drums, synthesizer
  • Joe Walters – French horn
  • Bo – mastering
  • Vee – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier.

  1. Everybody’s Weird Except Me
  2. Supah Jaianto
  3. So Is Cardboard Clouds
  4. Equivalences
  5. Leleklato Sugar
  6. Silver Sands (Emperor Machine Mix)
  7. Two Finger Symphony
  8. Delugeoisie
  9. Laserblast
  10. Sun Demon
  11. Aelita
  12. Pop Molecules (Molecular Pop 2)
  13. Neon Beanbag (Atlas SoundMix)

Grateful Dead: Shakedown Street

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On November 15, 1978, “Arista” label released “Shakedown Street”, the tenth Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded July 31 -August 18, 1978, at “Club Le Front”, and “Meta Tantay” in Carlin, Nevada, and was produced by Lowell George. The album cover art was by underground comics artist Gilbert Shelton.

Personnel:

  • Jerry Garcia – vocals, lead guitar
  • Bob Weir– vocals, guitar
  • Lowell George – vocals
  • Donna Jean Godchaux– vocals
  • Keith Godchaux– vocals, keyboards
  • Phil Lesh– bass guitar
  • Mickey Hart– drums, percussion
  • Bill Kreutzmann– drums, percussion
  • Jordan Amarantha – percussion
  • Matthew Kelly– harmonica
  • Steven Schuster – horn
  • Steve Schuster –horn
  • John Kahn- horn arrangements, associate production
  • Brett Cohen –engineer
  • Bob Matthews –engineer
  • Tom Flye – mixing
  • Robert Gatley – mixing assistant
  • Billy Candelario – mixing assistant
  • Jeffrey Boden –mixing assistant
  • John Hagen – mixing assistant
  • Steve Parish – mixing assistant
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering, production consultancy
  • George Horn -mastering
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Robin Hurley – associate production
  • Hale Milfgrim – associate production
  • Scott Pascucci – associate production
  • Gilbert Shelton– art coordination
  • Steve Vance – art coordination
  • Hugh Brown – art coordination
  • Reggie Collins –liner notes
  • Ed Perlstein – photography
  • Robert Minkin – photography
  • Bruce Polonsky – photography
  • Ron Rakow – photography
  • Rip Rense – liner notes
  • Cameron Sears –executive production
  • Jimmy Edwards – associate production
  • Sheryl Farber – editorial supervision
  • Eileen Law – research

Track listing:

  1. Good Lovin’ – Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick
  2. France – Mickey Hart,Robert Hunter, Bob Weir
  3. Shakedown Street – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
  4. Serengetti – Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann
  5. Fire on the Mountain – Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter
  6. I Need a Miracle – John Perry Barlow, Bob Weir
  7. From the Heart of Me – Donna Jean Godchaux
  8. Stagger Lee – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
  9. All New Minglewood Blues – Noah Lewis
  10. If I Had the World to Give – Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter

Neil Young: Hawks & Doves

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On November 3, 1980, “Reprise” label released “Hawks & Doves”, the tenth Neil Young studio album. It was recorded 1974–1977, 1980, at “Quadrafonic” in Nashville; “Village Recorders” in LA; “Indigo Recording Studio” in Malibu; “Triad Recording Studio” in Ft. Lauderdale, and “Gold Star Recording Studio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Neil Young, Tim Mulligan and Elliot Mazer.

Personnel:

  • Neil Young – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
  • Tim Drummond– bass
  • Dennis Belfield – bass
  • Greg Thomas – drums
  • Levon Helm– drums
  • Ben Keith– steel and dobro, harmony vocals
  • Rufus Thibodeaux– fiddle
  • Tom Scribner – sawplayer
  • Ann Hillary O’Brien – harmony vocals
  • Stew Romaine – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Young.

  1. Little Wing
  2. The Old Homestead
  3. Lost in Space
  4. Captain Kennedy
  5. Stayin’ Power
  6. Coastline
  7. Union Man
  8. Comin’ Apart at Every Nail
  9. Hawks & Doves

Thin Lizzy: Chinatown

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On October 10, 1980, “Vertigo” label released “Chinatown” the tenth Thin Lizzy studio album. It was recorded April – August 1980 and was produced by Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Snowy White, Brian Downey, and Kit Woolven.

Personnel:

  • Phil Lynott– vocals, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Scott Gorham– vocals, guitars
  • Snowy White– vocals, guitars
  • Brian Downey– drums, percussion
  • Darren Wharton– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Midge Ure– keyboards, Vox Continental organ
  • Tim Hinkley– electric piano
  • Fiachra Trench– string arrangements
  • Kit Woolven – engineer
  • Gordon Fordyce – engineer assistant
  • Ian Cooper – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Phil Lynott, except where noted.

  1. We Will Be Strong
  2. Chinatown – Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Lynott, Snowy White
  3. Sweetheart
  4. Sugar Blues – Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Phil Lynott, Snowy White
  5. Killer on the Loose
  6. Having a Good Time – Phil Lynott, Snowy White
  7. Genocide (The Killing of the Buffalo)
  8. Didn’t I
  9. Hey You – Brian Downey, Phil Lynott

 

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band: Chance

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On October 10, 1980, “Bronze” label released “Chance”, the tenth Manfred Mann’s Earth Band album. It was recorded 1979 – 1980, at “Workhouse Studios” in London, and “Casa das Flores” in Albufeira, Portugal, and was produced by Manfred Mann and Trevor Rabin.

Personnel:

  • Manfred Mann – vocals, keyboards
  • Mick Rogers- guitars
  • Steve Waller- vocals, guitars
  • Pat King- bass, bass pedals
  • John Lingwood- drums
  • Trevor Rabin– guitars
  • Robbie McIntosh– guitars
  • Geoff Whitehorn– guitars
  • Barbara Thompson- saxophone
  • Chris Thompson- vocals
  • Dyan Birch– vocals
  • Willy Finlayson – vocals
  • Peter Marsh – vocals
  • Carol Stocker – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Lies (Through the 80s) – Denny Newman
  2. On the Run – Manfred Mann, Tony Ashton, Florrie Palmer
  3. For You – Bruce Springsteen
  4. Adolescent Dream – Manfred Mann
  5. Fritz the Blank – Manfred Mann
  6. Stranded – Mike Heron, Manfred Mann
  7. Hello, I Am Your Heart – Dennis Linde
  8. No Guarantee – Manfred Mann
  9. Heart on the Street – Tom Gray

Deep Purple: Come Taste The Band

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On October 10, 1975, “EMI/Purple” label released “Come Taste the Band”, the tenth Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded August – September 1975, at “Musicland Studios” in Munich, and was produced by Martin Birch, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, and Tonny Bolin.

Personnel:

  • David Coverdale– lead vocals
  • Tommy Bolin– led and backing vocals, guitars, bass
  • Jon Lord– keyboards, piano, synthesizer
  • Glenn Hughes– lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Ian Paice– drums, percussion
  • Martin Birch – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Dave Schultz, Bill Inglot – remastering
  • Peter Williams – photography

Track listing:

  1. Comin’ Home – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale, Ian Paice
  2. Lady Luck – Jeff Cook, David Coverdale
  3. Getting Together – Tommy Bolin, Glen Hughes
  4. Dealer – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale
  5. I Need Love – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale
  6. Drifter – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale
  7. Love Child – Tommy Bolin, David Coverdale
  8. This Time Around/Owed To ‘G – Glen Hughes, Jon Lord, Tommy Bolin
  9. Yo Keep On Movin’ – David Coverdale, Glen Hughes

Leonard Cohen: Ten New Songs

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On October 9, 2001, “Columbia” label released “Ten New Songs”, the tenth Leonard Cohen studio album. It was recorded 1999 – 2001, at “Still Life Studios” in Los Angeles, and “Small Mercies Studio” in Hollywood, and was produced by Sharon Robinson. The album was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, and Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”.

Personnel:

  • Leonard Cohen – vocals, cover photography
  • Sharon Robinson– vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, programming, arrangements
  • Bob Metzger – guitar
  • David Campbell– string arrangements
  • Leanne Ungar – engineer
  • Nancy Donald – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson.

  1. In My Secret Life
  2. A Thousand Kisses Deep
  3. That Don’t Make It Junk
  4. Here It Is
  5. Love Itself
  6. By the Rivers Dark
  7. Alexandra Leaving” (based on The God Abandons Antony, a poem by Constantine P. Cavafy)
  8. You Have Loved Enough
  9. Boogie Street
  10. The Land of Plenty